Definition of ragwort Ragwort
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What does ragwort mean?
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NounPlural: ragworts |
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| ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity | ||
| tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea | ||
| weed a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | ||
| ragwort - American ragwort with yellow flowers | ||
| butterweed, Senecio glabellus | ||
| wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant | ||
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- ragwort (Noun)
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ragwort (n.)
A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ragwort
rag′wurt, n. any one of several herbs of genus Senecio: a large coarse weed with a yellow flower.—Golden ragwort, a North American plant; Woolly ragwort, a plant from one to three feet high, found in the United States, and covered with hoary wool. [Rag, and A.S. wyrt, a plant.]
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🔤- ragwort, noun, singular of ragworts.
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